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“Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.”

Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut was an American writer known for his unique humor and profound satire. His works often explore themes of war, humanity, society, and politics. His most famous works include 'Slaughterhouse-Five' and 'Cat's Cradle'. His writing style has been widely appreciated by readers and has had a profound impact on literature. more

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“I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud.”

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“... ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend to be ages of despotism, whereas when the dominant weapon is cheap and simple, the common people have a chance... A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.”

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Book:The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: In front of your nose, 1945-1950

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“Freedom, like everything else, is relative.”

Book:The Handmaid's Tale

Source: The Handmaid's Tale

“Armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.”

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Book:James Madison's

Source: James Madison's

“While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.”

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Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“Traveling is a constant arriving, while arrival that precludes further traveling is most easily attained by going to sleep or dying.”

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Book:Human Nature and Conduct: Human Understanding

Source: Human Nature and Conduct: Human Understanding

“With great victory comes great sacrifice.”

Sacrifice Victory Great Victory Great Sacrifice

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life.”

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Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

“Ignorance is mere privation by which nothing can be produced: it is a vacuity in which the soul sits motionless and torpid for want of attraction: and, without knowing why, we always rejoice when we learn, and grieve when we forget.”

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Book:Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia

Source: Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia

“History is just new people making old mistakes.”

Author:Sigmund Freud